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U.K. shocker The Barge People is director Charlie Steed’s follow-up to his 2017 gorefest Escape from Cannibal Farm. In this new offering, Steed takes the basic premise for the original 1977 version of The Hills Have Eyes, moves the vacation location to British countryside canals, and adds some cool-looking monsters to the mix. The result is a fast-paced effort driven by one brutal onslaught after another, but greatly aided by some nice dramatic sequences involving loss and grief, and the breakdown of class differences. Sisters Kat (Kate Davies-Speak in a riveting performance) and Sophie (Natalie Martins) go on a canal barge trip with their boyfriends. The two men — nice guy Mark (Mark McKirdy) and obnoxious Ben (Matt Swales) — don’t get along from the start. When they accidentally bump the barge of some “You think you’re better than us?” types including hot-headed Ricky (Kane Surry) and Jade (Makenna Guyler) and later encounter the group in a watering hole that
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Prepare to enter a dark canal in The Barge People, from Cannibal Farm director Charlie Steeds and writer Christopher Lombard. Set in the British countryside, the film centers on two sisters and their boyfriends. Everything goes awry when they encounter flesh-eating mutants lurking in the water of the canal. Kate Davies-Sqeak, Mark McKirdy, Makenna Guyler, Natalie Martins, Matt Swales, Kane Surry, Emma Hussey, Tim Cartwright, and Carl Andersson star in this dark tale of survival. A release date for The Barge People should be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the new trailer.
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Film FestivalsForeignMovies
U.K. shocker The Barge People is director Charlie Steed’s follow-up to his 2017 gorefest Escape from Cannibal Farm. In this new offering, Steed takes the basic premise for the original 1977 version of The Hills Have Eyes, moves the vacation location to British countryside canals, and adds some cool-looking monsters to the mix. The result is a fast-paced effort driven by one brutal onslaught after another, but greatly aided by some nice dramatic sequences involving loss and grief, and the breakdown of class differences. Sisters Kat (Kate Davies-Speak in a riveting performance) and Sophie (Natalie Martins) go on a canal barge trip with their boyfriends. The two men — nice guy Mark (Mark McKirdy) and obnoxious Ben (Matt Swales) — don’t get along from the start. When they accidentally bump the barge of some “You think you’re better than us?” types including hot-headed Ricky (Kane Surry) and Jade (Makenna Guyler) and later encounter the group in a watering hole that
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Trailers
Prepare to enter a dark canal in The Barge People, from Cannibal Farm director Charlie Steeds and writer Christopher Lombard. Set in the British countryside, the film centers on two sisters and their boyfriends. Everything goes awry when they encounter flesh-eating mutants lurking in the water of the canal. Kate Davies-Sqeak, Mark McKirdy, Makenna Guyler, Natalie Martins, Matt Swales, Kane Surry, Emma Hussey, Tim Cartwright, and Carl Andersson star in this dark tale of survival. A release date for The Barge People should be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the new trailer.
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